heaps Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a large number or amount
rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; oodles; loads; dozens; stacks; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
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noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
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noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
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noun a car that is old and unreliable
bus; jalopy; heap.
- the fenders had fallen off that old bus
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verb bestow in large quantities
heap.
- He heaped him with work
- She heaped scorn upon him
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verb arrange in stacks
pile; stack; heap.
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
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verb fill to overflow
heap.
- heap the platter with potatoes
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adverb very much
- thanks heaps